Our GRP products –
as efficient as we are
The fiber composite GRP is considered to be an exceptional load-bearing composite. It is unique due to the wealth of its features and applications – no other material offers such a versatile combination of benefits.
GRP is indispensable for many industries:
- Mobile phone network
- Traffic engineering
- Telecommunications
- Plant construction
- Energy technology
More and more industries rely on the unbeatable advantages of this material. The range of applications is continually expanding. As an innovation leader, we orientate ourselves according to new ideas, developments and tasks. Talk to us about your ideas and wishes.
GRP structural components
for rotor blades
Gone with the wind...
Rotor blades of wind turbines are now too large to be transported over roads to construction sites. They are therefore manufactured in two parts and assembled at the construction site. The internal structural component is manufactured by IBK-Fibertec by means of a winding process.
This is the inside blade of an E115 by Enercon:
www.enercon.de
www.wind-turbine-models.com
GRP antenna cylinders and panels
A worldwide success for IBK-Fibertec
Professional antenna systems are installed all over the world on high transmitter masts and towers.
As a radome (radar dome), GRP offers decisive advantages for transmitters:
- The highest degree of transparency in relation to electromagnetic radiation
- Protection of the antennas from environmental influences such as ice, snow, rain, wind and dirt
- Protection of antennas and brackets from corrosion
Regardless of the weather conditions, the antenna systems can be inspected, upgraded and extended at any time.
GRP radio masts
Three times better
For three key reasons, GRP for mobile phone masts is the optimal alternative to steel and reinforced concrete:
1. Low weight reduces material and logistics costs
GRP masts weigh less than a third of reinforced concrete masts. This saves expensive access development in hard-to-reach areas, reduces the cost of foundations and minimises deployment costs, resulting in significant savings regarding material and logistics costs.
2. High degree of electromagnetic transparency
GRP is transparent to electromagnetic waves. With this high degree of permeability, GRP is therefore the ideal material for the cladding of antennas. In addition, due to its minimal attenuation, it also allows for antenna installation inside the masts.
3. Extensive freedom from maintenance
GRP masts are exceptionally resistant to weather and corrosion. Even in climatically demanding areas with high weathering requirements, regular costly maintenance is no longer required.
GRP support towers
Resistant in all kinds of weather
IBK has developed and manufactured a GRP support tower for its partner SPL for the coastal train in Ostend, Belgium. It is a worldwide innovation, since the mast provides both stability and insulation. Other advantages include corrosion resistance in the difficult weather conditions on the North Sea, as well as longevity. For the contact wire, insulators can be completely dispensed with, since the mast adequately acts as an insulator.
IBK-Fibertec engineering and design
From development to realisation
We support our customers in the planning, design and production of high-strength and high-quality products made of fiber composites.
In order to be able to help them efficiently in all phases, we offer complete performance from a single source:
- Construction on modern 3D-CAD workstations (with SolidWorks to shorten development cycles)
- Static and dynamic calculations
- Laminate calculations using our own specialist software
- Structural design, including building applications
- FEM analysis
- Vibration measurements
Our GRP special components –
instead of standard solutions
The application of fiber composite technology has made extraordinary progress in recent decades. New applications and areas of use are being developed regularly. IBK-Fibertec has played a key role in this dynamic innovation process. Many years of experience and advanced expertise form the solid foundation for the design, development and production of individual and specific solutions.
GRP pressure vessels and tanks
Keeping our promise
GRP Tanks are resistant to corrosion and acid, dimensionally stable and extremely durable. On request, IBK-Fibertec manufactures special containers in terms of size and pressure.
GRP smokestacks
The chemistry is right
Smokestacks made of GRP are resistant to corrosion and acid in relation to aggressive chemical media. IBK-Fibertec offers self-supporting GRP smokestacks with diameters of up to 3 m and lengths over 50 m.
GRP lighthouses
Bring light into the darkness
Lighthouses made of fiberglass are completely weather resistant, seawater resistant and sustainable.
GRP bumpers
They can handle a lot
GRP vibration absorbers
Tranquillity itself, even during hurricanes
Vibration absorbers serve to absorb building vibrations, particularly those caused by wind. They keep transmitter masts, for example, stable even in high winds and guarantee unrestricted transmission power. IBK-Fibertec develops vibration absorbers coordinated with antenna cylinders and transmitter masts from our own production.
GRP structures
Steles for the route of the industrial culture in NRW
Originally, prominent points of the route were marked by stainless steel steles. The material corroded after some time, though, so it was decided to replace them with GRP steles. With stability for traffic safety and the longevity of the material, GRP offers decisive advantages for sustainable use.
